Building on a Trend

FSF BARS data show a slight rise in 2018 aircraft accidents in flight operations in the worldwide resource sector.

by Linda Werfelman | February 27, 2019

Accidents in the worldwide onshore resource sector crept slightly higher in 2018 to seven accidents, including four fatal accidents, but data gathered by Flight Safety Foundation’s Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) program for 2017 and 2018 showed that accidents in those years were at the lowest levels in the past 11 years (Figure 1).

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